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Camp Bisco 09′

{ August 23, 2009 @ 10:35 pm } · { Audio, Disco Biscuits, Festivals }
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With summer coming to a close, let’s look back again at some of the great summer music festival action this year. Here, we have the Disco Biscuits 3-set show from the final day of Camp Bisco 8. Widely regarded as the best Bisco showing of the weekend, this show featured a 1st set billed as “Tractorbeam Vs. The Perfume”. The band alternates between their two alter egos throughout the set, showcasing their unique and various styles and really starting things off with a bang. The second two sets are straight dirty, thow-down, ragin’ dance party bisco, what Camp is all about.

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The Disco Biscuits
7/18/09
Camp Bisco 8 ~ Indian Lookout Country Club
Mariaville, NY

Set 1
M.E.M.P.H.I.S.(1,3)>
Rock Candy (2)
Frog Legs (1,4)
Run Like Hell (2)>
News From Nowhere(1,5) >
Run Like Hell (2)
Once The Fiddler Paid (1,6)
Sound One (1,7)

Set 2
Sister Judy’s Soul Shack
Caves Of The East >
Park Avenue >
Caterpillar (8) >
And The Ladies Were The Rest Of The Night (9) >
Save The Robots (10)

Set 3
Intro
Save The Robots (10) >
Hope (8,11) >
Pilin’ It Higher >
Sabre Dance
Basis For A Day
Meditation >
Hot Air Balloon (12)

Encore
The Very Moon >
Mr. Don

(1) Perfume version,
(2) Tractorbeam version
(3) Hip hop style, with Little Lai & Things Done Changed (Notorious B.I.G.) lyrics
(4) Devo style
(5) Techno style
(6) Bossa Nova style
(7) Honky Tonk style, with Dr. Sam Altman replacing Allen on drums
(8) Unfinished
(9) Inverted
(10) Dyslexic
(11) with KJ Sawka replacing Allen on drums
(12) Ending only, completes 7/17/09 version

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Phish Fall Tour and NYE 2009

{ August 22, 2009 @ 5:11 pm } · { Phish, Rumors, Upcoming Shows }
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The dates rumored here over two months ago are seeming more and more certain for Phish’s fall and NYE plans. Sources inside the Phish org are confirming the below dates, and also the possibility of an April 2010 European tour. Other uncorrobated rumors include a pre-Festival8 run including The Hollywood Bowl, a Conan appearance, and a stop in Denver at a location TBD. Additionaly, it looks as if the boys may make a mid-week stop in Worcester between their Albany and MSG dates in the fall. While nothing’s confirmed until it’s on the Phish.com, I’d say go ahead – get excited, make travel plans, get ready for winter Phish, the tastiest kind!

OH YEA!

Winter 2009
11/20/09 – US Bank Arena – Cincinnati, Ohio
11/21/09 – US Bank Arena – Cincinnati, Ohio
11/24/09 – Wachovia Center – Philadelphia, PA
11/25/09 – Wachovia Center – Philadelphia, PA
11/27/09 – Times Union Center – Albany, NY
11/28/09 – Times Union Center – Albany, NY
12/2/09 – Madison Square Garden – New York, NY
12/3/09 – Madison Square Garden – New York, NY
12/4/09 – Madison Square Garden – New York, NY
12/5/09 – John Paul Jones Arena – Charlottesville, VA

New Years Run 2009
12/28/09 – American Airlines Arena – Miami, FL
12/29/09 – American Airlines Arena – Miami, FL
12/30/09 – American Airlines Arena – Miami, FL
12/31/09 – American Airlines Arena – Miami, FL

20 Years Ago Today (Yesterday)

{ August 20, 2009 @ 8:46 pm } · { Audio, Grateful Dead }
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Check out this killer show from the Greek in 89′ – famous for one of the best versions of ‘The Other One’ and a smoking China > Rider. It’s all gravy after those cuts but the rest of the show holds up with inspired playing a nice varied setlist drawing on old tunes, newer ones, and choice covers. Enjoy!

The Dead at the Greek Theatre - 1990

The Grateful Dead, 8/19/89, The Greek Theatre, Berkeley, CA

Set 1: Let The Good Times Roll, Jack Straw, We Can Run But We Can’t Hide, Tennessee Jed, It’s All Over Now, Loser, Stuck Inside Of Mobile, Box Of Rain

Set 2: China Cat Sunflower-> I Know You Rider, Playin’ In The Band-> Uncle John’s Band-> Playin’ In The Band Jam-> Drums-> Jam-> The Other One-> Wharf Rat-> Not Fade Away

Encore: Foolish Heart

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Mule Goes All In in AC

{ August 19, 2009 @ 9:52 pm } · { Audio, Gov't Mule }
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A few weeks ago, Gov’t Mule closed out their summer tour with a Saturday night show at the House of Blues in Atlantic City. Warren and co. really brought the house down with a lot of oldies, all the needed Mule staples, and everyone playing their heart out. Mule kicked things off with ‘Blind Man’ – no suprise here but it really set the tone for the show. From there on out, the whole show smokes, but some first set highlights include a rocking ‘Gameface’ with a nice little mountain jam tease and the always fun ‘Thirty Days in the Hole’.

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The second set really takes off with the Mule > Drums segment that is a true display of the power this band has. Warren just dosen’t stop on the build up jam and pushes the band further and further. Then, workhorse ‘machine gun’ Matt Abts goes to work in a monstrous drum solo. To finish things off, Warren lays it all on the line – shredding, working feedback, pulling out all the stops – on a sick run through ‘Lola Leave Your Light On’ off of Deja Vodoo. The band sent us out into the casinos and onto the boardwalk with a big thank you and a fitting ‘Soulshine’ – all in all, a great night for the Mule.

Gov’t Mule
8/08/09
House of Blues – Atlantic City, NJ

Mule - 8/08/09

Set 1
Blind Man In The Dark
Perfect Shelter
Gameface
Towering Fool
Fool’s Moon
Life Before Insanity
Thirty Days In The Hole
Thorazine Shuffle

Warren - 8/08/09

Set 2
Stay With Me
No Need To Suffer
Trying Not To Fall
Mule
Drums
Left Coast Groovies
World Of Difference
Lola Leave Your Light On

Encore
Far Away
Soulshine

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Matt Abts on the drums! - 8/08/09

Watch most of the show in YouTube vids, some highlights:

Phish: MPP and SPAC Tour Close-Out

{ August 17, 2009 @ 12:04 pm } · { Audio, Phish, Phish Summer Tour 09 }
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And in the end, what a run it was. Phish Summer Tour 2009 was a true rollercoaster, gaining speed turn by turn and uncovering lots of surprises along the way. The final two shows were no exception and there’s nothing left to do now but smile, smile, smile (and wait for the Fall Tour Announcement hopefully coming soon). In the mean time, check out this breakdown of this summer’s song selection over on Jamtopia here and check out setlists, pics, and downloads from every show compliments of yours truly here.

8/15/09

Phish
8/15/09
Merriweather Post Pavillion
Columbia, MD

Set One:
Crowd Control
Kill Devil Falls
The Sloth*
Beauty Of A Broken Heart
Axilla I
Foam
Esther
Ha Ha Ha**
Party Time***
Tube
Stealing Time From The Faulty Plan
Strange Design
Time Turns Elastic

Set Two:
Tweezer >
Taste
Alaska
Let Me Lie
46 Days
Oh! Sweet Nuthin’
Harry Hood

Encore:
Good Times, Bad Times
Tweezer Reprise

* – Last played 7/31/03

** – Last played 7/15/03

*** – First time played, original off Party Time

Set 1 Download (mp3)
Set 2 Download (mp3)
Download Link (Torrent)

8/16/09

Phish
8/16/09
Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Saratoga Springs, NY

Set One:
Llama
The Moma Dance
Guyute
Anything But Me
Cars Trucks Buses
Chalk Dust Torture
Golgi Apparatus
David Bowie
Cavern
Possum
Ocelot
Run Like An Antelope

Set Two:
Backwards Down the Number Line >
Twenty Years Later
Halley’s Comet >
Rock & Roll
Harpua >
I Kissed A Girl* >
Hold Your Head Up >
Harpua
You Enjoy Myself

Encore:
Grind
I Been Around**
Highway To Hell

* – First time played, Kate Perry cover

** – First time played, original from Joy

Download Link – Set 1 (mp3)

Download Link – Set 2 (mp3)

Download Link – Torrent

Thank you PHISH, for a real good time!

Phish: Night 2 of 4 – Hartford

{ August 15, 2009 @ 12:03 am } · { Audio, Phish, Phish Summer Tour 09 }
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Phish ~^~ 8/14/09 ~^~ Hartford, CT

8/14/09 - AC/DC Bag

Set 1
Punch You in the Eye
AC/DC Bag
NICU
Colonel Forbin’s Ascent >
Fly Famous Mockingbird
Birds Of A Feather
Lawn Boy
Stash
I Didn’t Know
Middle Of The Road
Character Zero

Set 2
Down With Disease >
Wilson >
Slave To The Traffic Light
Piper >
Water In The Sky
Ghost >
Psycho Killer >
Catapult >
Icculus >
YEM

Encore
While My Guitar Gently Weeps

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Wow.

Phil’s New Band – ‘Furthur’

{ August 14, 2009 @ 9:36 am } · { Dark Star Orchestra, Phil and Friends, Ratdog }
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As rumoured here the other day, Phil has teamed up with Bobby, John K. from DSO, Jay Lane and Jeff Chimenti from Ratdog, and Joe Russo under the name ‘Furthur’ for a few shows in Oakland in mid-September.

More info here

Phish – 8/13/09 – Darien Center, NY

{ August 13, 2009 @ 8:32 pm } · { Audio, Phish, Phish Summer Tour 09 }
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It has arrived. What promises to be a historic 4 night East Coast run to finish off their 2-leg summer tour begins tonight at Darien Lakes PAC. Few would argue with the fact that Phish has been steadily picking up steam, gaining momentum, and showing marked improvment show by show since their return this March. Expectations couldn’t be higher for what’s to come – a hometown run at some of the biggest name East Coast sheds: Darien, Merriweather Post Pavillion, and SPAC. Rumors and speculation of bustouts are everywhere – Forbin’s/Mockingbird, Tela, Harpua, Llama – anything’s possible. So, as Mickey Hart would say, strap in!

8/13/09

Phish
8/13/09
Darien Lakes Performing Arts Center
Darien Center, NY

Set 1
Sample In A Jar
Dinner and a Movie
Wolfman’s Brother
My Friend, My Friend
Possum
Farmhouse
Sugar Shack
Brian and Robert
David Bowie
Bathtub Gin
How High The Moon (in memory of Les Paul)
Golgi Apparatus

Set 2
Drowned >
Prince Caspian >
Rift
The Horse >
Silent In The Morning
Sparkle
Run Like An Antelope
Suzy Greenberg
Fluffhead

Encore
Joy
First Tube

Set 1 Download (mp3)

Set 2 Download (mp3)

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Phil’s New Phriends?

{ August 12, 2009 @ 9:23 pm } · { Dark Star Orchestra, Phil and Friends, Rumors }
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The rumor mills are churning today with news that Phil Lesh is getting together a new band consisting of Bob Weir, John Kadlecik (Dark Star Orchestra’s faux-Jerry), Joe Russo, and 2 other mystery members. The band is supposedly doing a short run at the Fox Theater in Oakland, September 18-20th. Bets are on as to the other members – likely Baracco, Segal, or Molitz on keys and a 3rd guitar player? We’ll just have to wait and see on the details, hopefully coming soon.

Phil Lesh: Then

There are a lot of mixed feelings out there about Phil enlisting John K. but it’s hard to argue with his jedi-like mastery of the Jerry songbook. It sure will be interesting to see how John and Bob mix in the same band – I, for one, see a steam locomotive trainwreck, rolling down the tracks. Time will tell, and until it does let’s just rejoyce that Phil is making moves and keepin’ the music alive.